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70 Cards in this Set
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Abdomen/o
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Abdomen
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Acr/o
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Extremity, Tip
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Aden/o
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Gland
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Blast/o
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Immature Cell
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Brachi/o
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Arm
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Cervic/o
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neck
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Edema
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Puffy, Swelling of Tissue (Accumulation of fluid)
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Epitheli/o
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Epithelium (type of tissue)
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Erythema
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Redness
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Fibr/o
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Fiber
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Gluc/o
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Glucose, Sugar
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Glyc/o
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Glucose, Sugar
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Hem/o
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Blood
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Hemat/o
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Blood
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Hist/o
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Tissue
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Hydr/o
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Water, Fluid
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Lei/o
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Smooth
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Lip/o
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Fat
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Lumb/o
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Lumbar region, Lower Back
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Morph/o
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Form/Shape
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My/o
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Muscle
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Myos/o
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Muscle
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Nucle/o
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Nucleus
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Ped/o
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Foot
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Pod/o
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Foot
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Pelv/I
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Pelvis
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Phren/o
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Diaphragm
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Pneum/o
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Lung/Air
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Sarc/o
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Flesh, Connective Tissue
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Thorac/o
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Thorax, Chest
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Viscer/o
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Internal Organs
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Acute
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Referring to a disease of a sudden onset and brief course
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Anterior
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Toward the front of the body
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Bilateral
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Pertaining to both sides
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Caudad
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Toward the tail
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Cephalad
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Toward the head
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Chronic
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Referring to a persistent disease or illness
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Decubitus
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Lying down
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Distal
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Away from the trunk or point of origin
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Dorsal
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Pertaining to the back
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Etiology
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Study of cause of disease
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Frontal
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Divides body into anterior/posterior (vertically)
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Coronal
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Divides body into anterior/posterior (vertically)
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Hyperplasia
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Excessive growth of tissue
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Idiopathic
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Related to a disease of unknown cause
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Inferior
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Below or downward
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Lateral
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Pertaining to the middle
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Medial
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Pertaining to the middle
(Towards the middle) |
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Midsagittal
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Divides body into Right and Left halves (center)
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Posterior
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Towards the back of the body
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Prone
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Lying face down
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Proximal
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Nearer the trunk or point of origin
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Sagittal
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Divides the body into Right and Left sides (vertically)
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Superior
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Above or Upward
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Supine
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Lying face up
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Transverse
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Divides body into upper and lower portions (horizontally)
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Unilateral
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Pertaining to one side only
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Ventral
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Pertaining to the belly (front)
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Ant
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Anterior
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AP
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Anterior Posterior
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Inf
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Inferior
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Lat
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Lateral
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LLQ
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Left Lower Quadrant
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LUQ
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Left Upper Quadrant
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Med
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Medial
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PA
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Posterior Anterior
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RLQ
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Right Lower Quadrant
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RUQ
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Right Upper Quadrant
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Sup
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Superior
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